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Category: Artificial Intelligence
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In his legendary 1965 paper, “The Future of Integrated Circuits,” Intel co-founder Gordon Moore first made the empirical observation that the number of components in integrated circuits had been doubling every year since their invention in 1958. Moore predicted that the trend would continue for at least ten years, a prediction he subsequently changed to…
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Postscript: On May 16, 2025, MIT issued a press release explaining the concerns raised about the integrity of the research in the preprint of the paper “Artificial Intelligence, Scientific Discovery, and Product Innovation” that was published on arXiv in November 2024 and referenced in this blog. ======================================================================================= On December 29, the WSJ published “Will AI…
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“Generative artificial intelligence (GenAI) has the potential to drive significant improvements in workforce productivity at the level of tasks, organizations and economies,” said a recent report “Leveraging Generative AI for Job Augmentation and Workforce Productivity: Scenarios, Case Studies and a Framework for Action,” by the World Economic Forum in collaboration with PwC. “Delivering those gains…
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General purpose technologies (GPTs) are the defining technologies of their times. They are engines for growth that can radically transform the economic environment. “Early versions of GPTs often look very different from their mature forms,” wrote MIT’s Isabella Loaiza and Roberto Rigobon in “The EPOCH of AI: Human-Machine Complementarities at Work.” “Only after waves of…
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MIT professor emeritus Rodney Brooks has been posting an annual Predictions Scorecard in rodneybrooks.com since January 1, 2018, where he predicts future milestones in three technology areas: AI and robotics, self driving cars, and human space travel. He also reviews the actual progress in each of these areas to see how his past predictions have…
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On January 1, MIT professor emeritus Rodney Brooks published his 2025 Predictions Scorecard. A member of MIT’s faculty since 1984, Brooks was director of the MIT AI Lab from 1997 to 2003, and the founding director of MIT’s Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory (CSAIL) from 2003 until 2007. He’s also been a robotics entrepreneur,…
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In 2022 Congress requested a study by the National Academies on the current and future impact of AI on the US workforce. The report, “Artificial Intelligence and the Future of Work,” was released in November of 2024. The three year study was conducted by a Committee of experts from universities and private sector institutions co-chaired…
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A few weeks ago, MIT News published an article on “What do we know about the economics of AI?” The article is based on the research of MIT Nobel laureate professor Daron Acemoglu, who in October was awarded the 2024 Nobel Memorial Prize in Economic Sciences along with his MIT colleague Simon Johnson and University…
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A few weeks ago, The Economist published “The World Ahead 2025,” its 39th annual issue that examines the trends and events that will likely shape the coming year. Last year, the overriding message from “The World Ahead 2024” was the mind-boggling speed at which life was changing, from the Middle East turmoil and economic uncertainty…
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“During this period of astonishing technical progress and public engagement on artificial intelligence, the world has been grappling with how to get AI right — and for good reason,” wrote James Manyika, in “Getting AI Right: A 2050 Thought Experiment.” Manyika is Senior Vice President of Research, Technology and Society at Google and Chairman Emeritus…